Castle: Cast & Creators Live at the Paley Center

Cast members and producers of Castle talk about back-stories, Stanatics, and the tension between Castle and Beckett.This Paley Center for Media live event celebrates Castle, a drama series about a New York Police Department detective who grudgingly lets a rugged mystery-books author help solve murder cases. TV host Tom Bergeron moderates the following panelists: executive producer/series creator Andrew W. Marlowe; executive producer Rob Bowman; and cast members Jon Huertas (Javier Esposito); Tamala Jones (Lanie Parish); Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Roy Montgomery); Molly Quinn (Alexis Castle); Susan Sullivan (Martha Rodgers); Seamus Dever (Kevin Ryan); Stana Katic (Kate Beckett); and Nathan Fillion (Richard Castle). Panelists touch on such topics as: Bergeron playing a corpse in an upcoming episode; Marlowe’s belief that memorable leads in police procedurals ended with Columbo; why Fillion was sought for the title role; and the importance of maintaining sexual tension between Castle and Beckett.Questions from the audience then lead to a discussion of the following topics: if back-stories for supporting characters will be explored; early fears that the show was too much like Moonlighting; Katic’s reaction to ardent fans calling themselves “Stanatics”; and tricks that cast members use to memorize lengthy speeches.